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China keeps on breaking records. The latest count, according to the 25^th report of the CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center), shows that the country had 384 million internet users at the end of December 2009, a user rate of some 28.9% of the Chinese population.

Over the last few years, the value of the e-commerce market in China has been estimated at over 3 trillion RMB (around 325 billion euros) with a yearly increase of 41.7%.

Chinese B2B e-commerce company Alibaba.com has announced that its new online wholesale website, 1688.com, was formally launched on March 9, 2010, and the wholesale traffic reached a whopping 6.39 million people on the first day.

Happy Chinese New Year! It's hard to believe we're already halfway done with March . However, if you made a Chinese New Year's resolution to find a new gig, then you are in luck - we are hiring for our Beijing & Shanghai offices.

I am a keen proponent of using Social Media Marketing (SMM) in digital campaigns as part of a multi-channel approach. However, I am often surprised by some of the comments from clients suggesting they see this channel a niche or the edgy side of digital marketing. I know that the Internet is littered with firms and individuals touting themselves as social media 'experts' and just like the "snake-oil salesmen" of the old wild West, we will see this segment go through a period of rapid growth as many jump on the social media bandwagon.

Below, you can see the spending trends emerging in SMM and clearly we are seeing the first phase of a rapid period of growth. Although these are numbers of based on US research, I have no doubt we will see this reflected in China and in Asia more broader.